Lamp-burner.



S. B. MORSS., LAMP BURNER.

(Application led Aug. 24, 1899.)

Patented lan'. 9, Km0.

@@@GQQQQQ mgl Q Q Q Q C) O (D a 5m @C o 0 5 3' T- J f5 toy STEPHEN B.MORSS, OF RAHVVAY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO FREDERICK lV. KEASBEY, OFMORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,218, dated January9, 1900.

Application filed August 24, 1899. Serial No. 728,320. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN B. Mouse, a citizen of the United States,residing in .Rahway, Union county, New Jersey, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Lamp-Burners, of which the following is aspecication.

The object of the invention is to produce an even flame and increase thequality of the light from the burner; and the invention consists in acombined wick-tip and extinguisher comprising a flange or ring adaptedto rest upon a wick and having a guide secured to and depending from thesame to direct its vertical movement when lifted by the wick. Theinvention further consists in the novel details of improvement,that willbe more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part hereof,wherein- Figure l is a vert-ical cross-section of the upper portion of alamp-burner embodying my improvements, and Figs. 2 and 3 are perspectiveviews of the ilange or ring and its guide.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar numerals of referenceindicate corresponding parts in the several views, l and 2 indicate theconcentric tubes of a centraldraft-lamp burner between which a cotton orother fibrous wick 3 is adapted to pass. The tubes l 2 constitute thewick casing or guide in a central-draftlamp burner, which may be ofsuitable or well-known construction and which it is not necessary tomore fully illustrate and describe, it being understood that anysuitable means may be provided for raising and lowering the wick.

4. is a perforated thimble, cone, or air-distributer, which may be ofsuitable or wellknown construction and adapted to fit within the tube l,being shown provided with a depending portion et for this purpose, sothatl thus act as an extinguisher of the flame, and the ilange or ring 5has a guide 6, secured to and depending therefrom, which is shown in theform of a tube or sleeve adapted to fit within tube l, so as to rise andfall within the same. The size and shape of the part 4.ad of the thimbleor air-distributert are suchthat it can fit within the guide or sleeve6, and the thimble or air-distributer is also shown provided with anannular rib or flange 4b to rest upon the flange or ring 5, whereby thethimble or air-distributer will partake of the upand-down movement offlange 5 and its guide 6, and during such movements the latter is guidedin tube l. By preference I make the flange 5 of metal, and itconstitutes a tip for the wick, which covers the upper surface of thesame and protects it from the flame, and the guide 6 also protects theinner surface of the wick from the flame. ln order to .allow the gasesthat generate at Jthe top of the wick to freely pass away and minglewith the flame, the flange or ring 5 may be perforated, as at 5a, whichenables gases to pass through the apertures from the top surface of theWick to the flame.

It will be understood that the thimble or cone 4 is supported upon thetubes l 2 through the medium of the flange 5 and that as the wick 3 israised and lowered the flange 5, its guide 6, and. the thimble or cone 4will be likewise moved by it. By this means an even amount of air willbe distributed to the flame at all times. When the wick is raised abovethe tubes and lighted, the flamewill burn upon the outer surface of theWick above tube 2, and the flange 5 will serve to keep the llame even orlevel on top, and the flange will also become heated, especially whenmade of metal, and will serve to assist in vaporizing the oil at the topof the wick, which vapor will mingle with the flame and cause the flameto burn more brilliantly and evenly, as the carbon in the vapor thusgenerated adds to the combustion of the oil `drawn up by the flame. Whenthe wick is lowered even with or below the tops of the tubes, the flangeor ring 5 will act to extinguish the llame. The flange 5, furthermore,serves to prevent smoke andlodor from arising when the wick is lowereICO Having now described my invention, what I claim isl. A combined'Wick-tip and extinguisher comprising a perforated flange or ringadapted to rest upon a wick and having a guide secured to and dependingfrom the same to direct its vertical movement when lifted by the Wick,substantially as described.

2. A combined Wick-tip and extinguisher comprising a metal flange orring adapted to rest upon a wick and having a guide secured to anddepending from the same to direct its vertical movement when lifted byJche wick, substantially as described.

3. rlhe combination of inner and outer Wickabove said flange,substantially as described. 25

STEPHEN B. MORSS.

Witnesses:

T. F. BOURNE, T. E. TURNER.

